• Regional Arts Exhibition –This juried exhibition of 252 works of art by 279 West Michigan artists can be found in its new home at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts on Fulton Street at Division Avenue. UICA moved into its new digs in 2011, and if you haven’t visited the Gallery on Fulton yet, now’s the time to check it out.

UICA, meanwhile, has its summer exhibition, “Chroma,” on display as well, so there’s even more to see. Don’t miss this show. But if you do, that’s not a problem, because both exhibitions are open until mid-August. UICA admission is free during Festival off the Arts.

• Grand Rapids Art Museum – Festival of the Arts’ Youth Art Exhibition returns to the museum, which gives you a great opportunity to see art in its natural habitat. If the weather is less than favorable, stepping indoors to a perfectly regulated, museum climate is well worth the effort.

• Free Performance – Grand Rapids Civic Theatre's Traveling Troupe presents "How I Became a Pirate" as a Special Festival of the Arts show at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, at GRCT's Meijer Majestic Theatre, 30 N. Division Ave. at Library Street, just a couple blocks from Festival grounds. The show is suitable for family audiences, ages 6 and older. It's free, but donations are welcome.

• Printmaking – Make your own souvenir of Festival 2013, using classic silk-screening techniques, at the Printmaking area behind City Hall. There are new designs every year, so if you’ve done it once, try it again. But keep in mind lines close each day a half hour earlier than the rest of Festival.

• Festival of the Arts’ Posters – Festival’s annual poster is a big deal and a tradition dating back 43 years now. Grand Rapids artist Abigail Bradley is the creator of the Festival 2013 poster, a whimsical color-block design against a blue background, incorporating Alexander Calder’s “La Grande Vitesse” in a red, cotton jeans canvas as well as the Calder sun logo, the symbol of Festival. Check out the 44-year history of Festival’s posters in the permanent display in the Monroe Avenue lobby of the Grand Rapids City/Kent County complex.